The use of synthetic mesh in pelvic reconstructive surgery

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-152

  Ridgeway, Beri ^a   Chen, Chi Chiung Grace ^a   Paraiso, Marie Fidela R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesh; Pelvic surgery; Prolapse; Synthetics

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENE;

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DYSPAREUNIA; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; ILEUS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE; VAGINA ATROPHY; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PELVIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE PROLAPSE; VAGINA;

EID: 41649115276     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e318161e6c6     Document Type: Review

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